Fundraising FoxAnu Hariharan
InvestorGeneral Partner at avra
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $150K checks · typically $150K
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About
Anu Hariharan is founder and managing partner of avra, a twice-yearly two-month program for growth-stage founders that covers company-building topics including hiring, scaling operations, and paths to public company status. The program admits approximately 10-12 companies per batch and has engaged over 75 companies across six cohorts, with instruction from CEOs and executives at established companies. Prior to founding avra, Hariharan co-led Y Combinator's Continuity Fund, where she invested in growth-stage companies including Instacart, Brex, Gusto, Faire, and Monzo.
Investments
Per curated public sources.
Writing
A guide on building, hiring, and scaling a metrics-driven growth team, drawing on advice from growth experts at top startups.
An analysis of how China's Toutiao app uses machine and deep learning to create and serve highly personalized content without a social graph.
An essay sharing YC community best practices for founders on setting up, running, and managing a startup board of directors.
An analysis of how WeChat became China's dominant super-app, driving massive daily engagement and inspiring the "messaging as a platform" category worldwide.
An essay analyzing how Pinduoduo pioneered social e-commerce in China and what its success signals for social-shopping platforms elsewhere.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Anu Hariharan?
- Anu Hariharan is founder and managing partner of avra, a twice-yearly two-month program for growth-stage founders that covers company-building topics including hiring, scaling operations, and paths to public company status. The program admits approximately 10-12 companies per batch and has engaged over 75 companies across six cohorts, with instruction from CEOs and executives at established companies. Prior to founding avra, Hariharan co-led Y Combinator's Continuity Fund, where she invested in growth-stage companies including Instacart, Brex, Gusto, Faire, and Monzo.
- Where does Anu Hariharan work?
- Anu Hariharan is General Partner at avra.
- What check size does Anu Hariharan write?
- Anu Hariharan typically writes checks of $150K.
- What companies has Anu Hariharan invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Artisan, Boton, Bretton AI, Courtyard.io, Dart, Fluid Markets, Julius, Lotus, Medplum, Mito, Mogara, Neosync, and 6 more.
- What has Anu Hariharan written?
- Anu Hariharan has 5 tracked posts on ycombinator.com, including "How to set up, hire, and scale a growth strategy and team", "The hidden forces behind China's content king Toutiao", "How to create and manage a board", and 2 more.
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